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Welcome to my blog page. From time to time, you will find thoughts, ideas and commentary from myself and special guests on topics ranging from the entertainment industry to our greater global community. Your replies will be greatly appreciated as this format works best when it’s interactive and when it becomes a conversation. We will ask all our guests to be respectful to one another and to please keep your replies non-political, but helpful and informative to others who may choose to join us.

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Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio?

OUR NATION TURNS ITS LONELY EYES TO YOU. If only it was that easy.  A simpler time.  Maybe not at the time the phrase was penned by Paul Simon, but certainly in retrospect.  Regardless of your personal ideology, belief system, political…

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When Opportunity Knocks… Listen!

How a 54-year-old music director wound up on a hit hip-hop TV show while simultaneously conducting the music of Jerry Garcia around the country. THE YEAR WAS 2014. If you threatened me with imprisonment, at that time I could most…

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